Bible Dictionary
JUICE
Juice refers to liquid expressed from a plant or fruit. In Scripture it may denote sweet wine in Song of Solomon or the juice of purslane in a textual note on Job.
Definition
Juice is liquid expressed from a plant or fruit. The term may refer to sweet wine or, in a marginal reading, the juice of purslane.
Biblical Usage
Song of Solomon 8:2 uses “juice” for a word rendered in the Revised Version margin “sweet wine.” Job 6:6 has a marginal reading, “the juice of purslain,” instead of “the white of an egg.”
Historical Background
The readings reflect translation differences. The Septuagint rendering of Job uses a phrase meaning “empty words.”
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>joos, jus: The word occurs once in So 8:2 (translation of `acic, the Revised Version margin "sweet wine"), and once in the Revised Version margin of Job 6:6, where for "the white of an egg" margin reads, "the juice of purslain." Septuagint has rhemasin kenois, "empty words."</p>